I'm Canadian and work at a call center where I get calls from Americans and I have been asked the silliest questions about our country. One lady was TOTALLY amazed that we had our own money and that the queen is on it. Anyone have funny stories? Please nothing hateful I'm just curious.
2006-07-10 15:59:12 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Other - Canada
some friends of mine were travelling in Texas, and stopped for gas. The attendant looked at their plates and tried to make a little chit chat. He asked where's Canada. They said it was the country north of the USA. He said "oh yeah? Is it as big as Texas?" and they said, "well, actually it's bigger than the United States entirely"
He stopped filling their car and wouldn't put any more gas in. He said they had to take back what they said and there wasn't no place in this whole world bigger than the United States of America.
They eventually took it back and admitted to him that the USA is bigger than Canada.
2006-07-12 18:02:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, until recently I would have gone with the pronounciation of some words. Today I'm gonna settle with Jzwigger's" thinking he can incite hatred and a Canuck won't do anything about it" stereotype.
For the record, this guy is on a troll roll and not what I'd call a typical American, so as "Johnny Canuck" or Sgt. York would have done, I reported his comments. Ya gotta break down those sterotypes,eh? :)
2006-07-12 06:23:29 · answer #2 · answered by scubabob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While working at a call centre I had a person in the NY Ask if we have Polar bears in Toronto.
Then of course there is that person on this site that seems to think we all have Mullets & where flannel Shirts.... lol
unfortunately Ignorance is not limited to the other Countries, I once had someone ask me (as I visited Mississauga from Barrie)
if we take the horse and buggy to School each day....told him yes and that on the week-ends we break out the dog sleds....lol (it was winter at the time... :)
2006-07-11 01:43:01 · answer #3 · answered by kersria10 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Canadian living in California and someone asked me what we do in the summer when our igloos melt and we have no where to live, or how do we get to work in the summer when the snow melts and our snowmobiles are mobile. Do people in Canada really have pet beavers. Why are we communists. And I get really tired of people saying we pronounce "out" and "about" funny, no one I know says it odd. I also like when my American friends try to incorporate "eh" into their sentences, that always makes me laugh.
2006-07-11 07:51:04 · answer #4 · answered by jtj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to agree with Kersria10 and give my vote for first place to the poster who thinks all Canadians stink, wear smelly flannel shirts, have yellow teeth, are stupid, and that we don't have cell phone service and we have rats running up and down our streets.
Second place by a narrow margin was the man I met while living in Las Vegas ( he was a visitor there) asked me where exactly Canada was located in the Yukon.
2006-07-11 06:17:12 · answer #5 · answered by jimminycricket 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, to back up Isafilsix's answer, you can check out how many people got this question wrong:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuJgkxJorseCnahZsF7XebLsy6IX?qid=1006042845519
Slightly more educated foreigners will think that all Canadians speak French, but the fact is most of us can only fake an accent! Eezzeent zat zee way eet eez?
2006-07-11 17:36:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Question 1: "Can I take the Ottawa 4 (city) bus to see the Parliment buildings and be back by 8pm?"
This question was asked to me in downtown Windsor ON.
My answer..."Of course!"
Question 2: (Americans driving with skies on their roof in July) "Where's the closest ski hill?"
My answer..."Turn around, drive back into Michigan, go north, and wait 6 months for the snow."
2006-07-12 07:03:58 · answer #7 · answered by ORIGINQuest 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm from the east coast of Canada, and one summer I ran into these americans who had come to visit, wondering where they could go skiing! I mean i know we can get some colder temps but skiing in July? That's just funny :)
2006-07-11 02:02:01 · answer #8 · answered by sjane5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's mine:
"You say yur from Canada, are ya? Where is that anyway? Ain't that down by St. Antonio??"
Sorry about the bad spelling, but had to make sure you pronounce it right when you read it. This really happened in the good ol' US of A.
2006-07-10 17:41:18 · answer #9 · answered by 2 shy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can remember talking to a suppler in the U.S. and the sales rep being completely amazed that I didn't get Indipendance day off. She thought we should go on strike for having our rights violated like that.
2006-07-10 16:13:23 · answer #10 · answered by cmriley1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋